NET ZERO NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT CARBON CAPTURE, SAYS ABS
According to ABS Chairman, President and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki, carbon capture is going to be a key transformational technology for shipping to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Wiernicki, said: “It will be critical to addressing the challenge before us,...
MOL TO TRIAL BIOFUEL ON BULK CARRIER
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) group company MOL Drybulk will start sea trials of Panamax bulk carrier ‘CS Olive’, chartered from Chugoku Sougyo, using biofuel in late June 2022. MOL has signed a deal for biofuel supply with Chevron Singapore, and about 500t of...
DNV LAUNCHES SEEMP COMPLIANCE TOOL
DNV is set to launch its SEEMP III Generator, as part of an integrated digital solution to support customers in ensuring compliance with SEEMP Part III verification, the guidelines for which are expected to be adopted and published by MEPC 78, with the deadline for...
LR AND CAPITAL BEGIN BIOFUEL RESEARCH PROJECT.
Capital Ship Management and Lloyd’s Register (LR) are to trial the use of biofuels in a new pilot project to support the maritime industry’s research for low to zero-carbon fuels in line with the IMO’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. The trial...
FOUR DAMEN ICE-CLASS HARBOUR TUGS ORDERED BY SWEDISH FMV
FMV (Försvarets Materielverk), the Defence Materiel Administration of Sweden, the organisation that acquires all necessary equipment for the Swedish armed forces, has ordered four ice-class tugs from Damen Shipyards with options four two extra. Damen won the contract...
GOVERNMENTS MUST SHARE 2050 BURDENS, WARNS INTERCARGO
According to dry bulk shipping organisation Intercargo, it would be a mistake to place responsibility for meeting IMO’s zero emission shipping targets fully on the shoulders of the shipping industry, as the IMO MEPC 78 meeting debates steps to meet ambitions for zero...
NAUTICAL INSTITUTE COMMITS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Nautical Institute (NI) has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), an organisation founded in 1982 by Greek shipowners and seafarers to develop and nurture an environmental...
AiP FOR SHI AMMONIA-FUELLED BOXSHIP
ABS has granted approval in principle (AiP) to a design by Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) for an ammonia-fuelled Neo-Panamax container vessel. The AIP confirms the design has been reviewed by ABS against the requirements outlined in the ABS Guide for Ammonia Fueled...